Honest question. If you had more than 1 RROD, why did you tolerate it?

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mrstickball said:

dougsdad0629 said:

This is an honest question from a non-360 owner about something that always puzzled me.  If you had more than 1 RROD incident on your 360 and still stuck with your 360, what made you do so?  I know that personally I would have accepted the first one as "just one of those things", but after the second, I would have no longer been a 360 owner.  Are there any former 360 owners out there that share my perspective and the RROD is the reason you are a "former" 360 owner?

The threat of the RROD is really the only thing that kept me from buying one (and still does).

I'll comment, although I've only had one RROD happen to me...

And maybe it's just me..But the RROD is such an overblown deal. It's not like if you get it, you have to pay for it in any way other than missing 2 weeks of playing on your Xbox 360. In my case, thats 2 weeks out of the nearly 3 years I've owned my system (Launch X360 purchased on Nov 22 2005)..Not a bad deal. My N64 didn't even last that long.

In my case, my X360 was away for just 5 days (if that) for repairs. It took longer for me to decide to get my X360 fixed + get the "Coffin" (about 1 week) than it was to get my brand new X360 with the newest hardware fixes + freebies from Microsoft.

If mine RRODs again, why would I bother keeping the system? Answer: The Games.  It may come as a suprise, but I buy a video game system for interesting games. And the Playstation 3, nor Nintendo Wii have the games I want (JRPGs and WRPGs, with a little bit of simulation, sports and shooters on the side). Because of this I "have" to own a X360, as RPGs are my favorite genre, and I cannot afford a new computer every few years.

Exactly this ^